Sciweavers

CICLING
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Balancing Transactions in Practical Dialogues
In this paper a theory of dialogue acts analysis in problem-solving tasks-oriented conversations is presented. The theory postulates that in practical dialogues every transaction h...
Luis Cortés, Hayde Castellanos, Sergio Rafa...
ACSD
2006
IEEE
89views Hardware» more  ACSD 2006»
13 years 8 months ago
On process-algebraic verification of asynchronous circuits
Asynchronous circuits have received much attention recently due to their potential for energy savings. Process algebras have been extensively used in the modelling, analysis and sy...
Xu Wang, Marta Z. Kwiatkowska
CSL
2007
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Lambda Theories of Effective Lambda Models
Abstract. A longstanding open problem is whether there exists a nonsyntactical model of the untyped -calculus whose theory is exactly the least -theory . In this paper we investiga...
Chantal Berline, Giulio Manzonetto, Antonino Salib...
EBERNBURG
1990
13 years 8 months ago
Problems of Autonomy and Discontexturality in the Theory of Living Systems
In the theory of living systems any description of self-organizing processes is confronted by a very central problem concerning the role of the system's boundary, i.e., there...
Rudolf Kaehr, E. von Goldammer
ECAI
1992
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
A Common-Sense Theory of Time
The literature on the nature and representation of time is full of disputes and contradictory theories. This is surprising since the nature of time does not cause any worry for pe...
Yuen Q. Lin
COLT
1994
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Rigorous Learning Curve Bounds from Statistical Mechanics
In this paper we introduce and investigate a mathematically rigorous theory of learning curves that is based on ideas from statistical mechanics. The advantage of our theory over ...
David Haussler, H. Sebastian Seung, Michael J. Kea...
KR
1998
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
A Qualitative Theory of Motion Based on Spatio-Temporal Primitives
This paper presents a formal theory for reasoning about motion of spatial entities, in a qualitative framework. Taking over a theory intended forspatial entities, we enrich ittoac...
Philippe Muller
ICSE
2001
IEEE-ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Theory of Software Reliability Based on Components
We present a foundational theory of software system reliability based on components. The theory describes how component developers can design and test their components to produce ...
Richard G. Hamlet, David V. Mason, Denise M. Woit
CDC
2009
IEEE
114views Control Systems» more  CDC 2009»
13 years 9 months ago
A computable type theory for control systems
— In this paper, we develop a theory of computable types suitable for the study of control systems. The theory uses type-two effectivity as the underlying computational model, bu...
Pieter Collins
HICSS
2003
IEEE
104views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
13 years 10 months ago
Information Technology Investment and Adoption: A Rational Expectations Perspective
This study examines the potential applications of the Rational Expectations Hypothesis (REH) in information technology (IT) investment and adoption decisionmaking. Although REH ha...
Yoris A. Au, Robert J. Kauffman